Colours & Standards

Citizen’s Banner

This banner was presented by the Citizens of Claremont in May 1916 to the 44th Battalion, shortly before they left for overseas service. It was an “somewhat unofficial” banner. It eventually fell into the possession of the Museum of Western Australia and was superseded by the Regimental Colour in the 1920s.

King’s Colour 

King George V authorised the creation of a King’s Colour for the 44th Battalion in 1919 to recognise their service during the Great War. It was presented by His Excellency the Governor General Sir Ronald Munro-Ferguson PC, CGMG at a parade  in King’s Park on the 2nd October 1920. However it was not passed on to any Citizens Military Forces unit as none existed at the time. The 44th Battalion was re-raised in 1921 and they were presented with this colour by the Governor of Western Australia Sir Robert Furse McMillan at the 1922 Anzac Day parade on the Esplanade, Perth. The colour was consecrated by the Chaplain General, Archbishop COL Riley, OBE, VD, DD at a parade on the Esplanade, Perth on the 15th November 1924.

The colour was initially a plain union flag but had the central devices included onto it in 1925. The colour remained in the possession of the 44th Battalion until its disbandment in 1944. It went into the custody of the 11th/44th Battalion in 1948 where it remained as a King’s Colour until 1953 where with the accession of Queen Elizabeth II, it was designated a Queen’s Colour. The colour transferred to the control of the Royal Western Australia Regiment in September 1960 as part of a ceremonial parade. It was then laid up in the undercroft at the State War Memorial on the 29th November 1964. Finally, in 1988 it was transferred to the Army Museum of WA where it remains to this day. 

Regimental Colour

This colour was presented by Lieutenant-General Sir JJ Talbot Hobbs, KCB, KCMG, VD, LLD at a parade held on the Esplanade, Perth on the 22nd October 1927. The colour remained in the possession of the 44th Battalion until its disbandment in 1944. It went into the custody of the 11th/44th Battalion in 1948 where it remained as a King’s Colour until 1953 where with the accession of Queen Elizabeth II, it was designated a Queen’s Colour. The colour transferred to the control of the Royal Western Australia Regiment in September 1960 as part of a ceremonial parade. It was then laid up in the undercroft at the State War Memorial on the 29th November 1964. Finally, in 1988 it was transferred to the Army Museum of WA where it remains to this day.